Jean-Jacques Rousseau revolutionized our understanding of ourselves with his brilliant investigation of amour propre - the passion that drives humans to seek the esteem, approval, admiration, or love - the recognition - of their fellow beings

Jean-Jacques Rousseau revolutionized our understanding of ourselves with his brilliant investigation of amour propre - the passion that drives humans to seek the esteem, approval, admiration, or love - the recognition - of their fellow beings

The nature of amour-propre -- The dangers of amour-propre -- The varieties of inflamed amour-propre -- Why inflamed amour-propre is so common -- Social and domestic remedies -- The standpoint of reason -- Amour-propre's role in forming rational subjects